From 0c0177091a82f541a7fd951c159561d517d9c84f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guy Harris Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 22:37:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note that if you're building from a source tarball, before the first build you must do "nmake -f makefile.make distclean". svn path=/trunk/; revision=15215 --- README.win32 | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index b0c7ff1f12..c6c2bf13b1 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -106,6 +106,24 @@ Compilers MS Visual C++ Version 6 This is the common compiler used for building Ethereal on win32. +If you've downloaded an Ethereal source tarball and unpacked it, then, +before you do any build, you must do + + nmake -f makefile.nmake distclean + +to get rid of files included in the source distribution that are built +for UN*X (so that the source distribution can be compiled on UN*X +without requiring tools such as Flex) and that won't compile on Windows +as generated. + +You must also do that if you've built for UN*X in the same directory +tree, regardless of whether you are building from a source tarball or +from the Subversion tree. + +You do not have to do this if you're directly building from the +Subversion tree, as long as you haven't done a UN*X build in the same +directory. + MS Visual C++ Version 7 / VC.NET Currently unsupported for two reasons: -the licence agreement does NOT allow you to compile GPL code.